Josua 17
1 Og Loddet faldt for Manasses Stamme: thi han var Josefs førstefødte. Makir, Manasses førstefødte, Gileads Fader — han var nemlig Kriger — fik Gilead og Basan.
[This is a list of] the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh’s oldest son was Makir and his grandson was Gilead. Makir’s descendants were great warriors, so the lands in the Gilead and Bashan regions were allotted to their clan.
2 Og de øvrige Manassiter fik Land efter deres Slægter, Abiezers, Heleks, Asriels, Sjekems, Hefers og Sjemidas Sønner; det er Josefs Søn Manasses mandlige Efterkommere efter deres Slægter.
Land was also allotted to the other clans of the tribe of Manasseh: The clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida.
3 Men Zelofhad, en Søn af Hefer, en Søn af Gilead, en Søn af Makir, en Søn af Manasse, havde ingen Sønner, kun Døtre; og hans Døtre hed Mala, Noa, Hogla, Milka og Tirza.
Hepher’s son Zelophehad had no sons, but he had five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
4 De traadte frem for Præsten Eleazar og Josua, Nuns Søn, og Øversterne og sagde: »HERREN bød Moses give os Arvelod iblandt vore Brødre!« Da gav han dem efter HERRENS Bud en Arvelod iblandt deres Faders Brødre.
They went to Eleazar the Supreme Priest, and to Joshua and to the other Israeli leaders. They said, “[We want you to give us some land, because] Yahweh told Moses that he should give to us some land, just like you gave to the men.” So Eleazar did what Yahweh had commanded, and he allotted to them some land, just like he allotted to their uncles.
5 Saaledes faldt ti Parter paa Manasse foruden Landet Gilead og Basan hinsides Jordan.
So the tribe of Manasseh eventually had ten sections [of land west of the Jordan River] and [two sections, ] Gilead and Bashan, on the east side of the Jordan [River].
6 Thi Manasses døtre fik Arvelod blandt hans Sønner. Men Landet Gilead tilfaldt Manasses øvrige Efterkommere.
So those female descendants of Manasseh also were allotted land [on the west side of the river] just like the men were allotted. The other parts of the Gilead area were allotted to the male descendants of Manasseh.
7 Og Manasses Grænse gaar fra Aser til Mikmetat, som ligger østen for Sikem; derpaa gaar Grænsen mod Syd til Befolkningen i En-Tappua.
The land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was between the land where the tribe of Asher lives and Michmethath [town], near Shechem [city]. The border extended south to the Tappuah Spring.
8 Manasse fik Landskabet Tappua; men Byen Tappua ved Manasses Grænse tilfaldt Efraimiterne.
The land near the Tappuah area belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah, which was at the border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, was allotted to the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Derpaa strækker Grænsen sig ned til Kanabækken, sønden om Bækken; Byerne der tilfaldt Efraim, midt iblandt Manasses Byer; Manasses Landomraade ligger norden for Bækken. Grænsen ender derpaa ved Havet.
The border [of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh] extended south to Kanah Gorge. From there it extended [west] along the north side of the gorge and ended at the [Mediterranean] Sea.
10 Sydsiden tilhører Efraim og Nordsiden Manasse. Havet danner Grænse; mod Nord støder de op til Aser, mod Øst til Issakar.
The land on the south side of the gorge belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, and the land on the north side belonged to the tribe of Manasseh. The western border of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was the [Mediterranean] Sea. To the north, the border of their land extended from the land allotted to the tribe of Asher [at the northwest] to the land allotted to the tribe of Issachar [at the northeast.]
11 I Issakar og Aser tilfaldt følgende Byer Manasse: Bet-Sjean med Smaabyer, Jibleam med Smaabyer, Befolkningen i Dor med Smaabyer, Befolkningen i En-Dor med Smaabyer, Befolkningen i Ta'anak med Smaabyer og Befolkningen i Megiddo med Smaabyer, de tre Højdedrag.
But there are cities inside the area allotted to the tribes of Issachar and Asher. Those cities, along with their surrounding villages, were allotted to people from the tribe of Manasseh. These cities are Beth-Shan, Ibleam, Dor (which is also named Naphoth-Dor, ) Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo.
12 Men Manassiterne kunde ikke drive disse Byers Indbyggere bort, det lykkedes Kana'anæerne at holde sig i disse Egne.
The men of the tribe of Manasseh were not able to force the people who lived in those cities to leave, so the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live in those cities.
13 Da Israeliterne blev de stærkeste, gjorde de Kana'anæerne til Hoveriarbejdere, men drev dem ikke bort.
But [years later] when the Israelis became better [warriors], they forced the Canaan people-group to work for them as slaves, although they did not force them to leave the land.
14 Da talte Josefs Sønner til Josua og sagde: »Hvorfor har du kun givet mig een Lod og een Part til Arvelod, skønt jeg er et talrigt Folk, eftersom HERREN hidtil har velsignet mig?«
The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh said to Joshua, “You allotted to us only one area of land, but there are a lot of us. Yahweh has blessed us very much [with the result that our tribe has grown very large]. So why did you give us only a small part of the land [RHQ]?”
15 Josua svarede dem: »Naar du er et talrigt Folk, saa drag op i Skovlandet og ryd dig Jord der i Perizziternes og Refaiternes Land, siden Efraims Bjergland er dig for trangt!«
Joshua replied to them, “[I agree that] you do not have enough land in the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim. So, since you have a lot of people, I will allot more land to you, in the hilly region. But you will have to [cut down the trees] in the forest [and] make a place for yourselves in the land where the Periz and Repha people-groups live.”
16 Da sagde Josefs Sønner: »Bjerglandet er os ikke nok, og alle Kana'anæerne, som bor paa Slettelandet, baade de i Bet-Sjean med Smaabyer og de paa Jizre'elsletten, har jernbeslagne Vogne!«
The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh replied, “It is true that the land in the hilly area is not big enough for us, but the Canaan people-group who live in the lowlands, in Beth-Shan and the surrounding villages in that area, and in the Jezreel Valley, have iron chariots, [so we will not be able to defeat them]!”
17 Da sagde Josua til Josefs Slægt, til Efraim og Manasse: »Du er et talrigt Folk og har stor Kraft; du skal ikke komme til at nøjes med een Lod,
Joshua replied to them, “Your tribe is very numerous and very powerful. So I will allot more land for you in the hilly area,
18 men et Bjergland skal tilfalde dig, thi det er skovbevokset, og naar du rydder det, skal det tilfalde dig med Udløberne derfra; thi du skal drive Kana'anæerne bort, selv om de har jernbeslagne Vogne; du er nemlig stærkere end de.«
but you will have to cut down the trees in order to make a place for you to live. [It is true that] the Canaan people-group are strong and have iron chariots, but you will be able to force them to leave that valley.”
